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Transferred to MPGG 1/1
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/591
Transferred to MPGG 1/1
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Southern Africa. 3 copies of a map (of territory now chiefly in Botswana and Zimbabwe),...
Catalogue reference: MPGG 1/111/3-5
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This record is about the Southern Africa. 3 copies of a map (of territory now chiefly in Botswana and Zimbabwe),... dating from 1895 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPGG 1/111/3-5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1895
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Description (What the record is about)
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Southern Africa. 3 copies of a map (of territory now chiefly in Botswana and Zimbabwe), showing a proposed railway line between Mafeking (now Mafikeng, North-west province, South Africa) and Bulawayo, and territories that the British South Africa Company proposed to give to Chiefs Khama, Sebele and Bathoen. Scale: 1 inch to about 38 miles. Based on a map supplied by the three Chiefs to Sir Charles Warren, 1885; prepared by the British South Africa Company. Pencilled additions to item 5 showing the Rivers Nata and Shashi, and part of the boundary of Khama's territory, as originally proposed by the Colonial Office. All items originally enclosed with a letter from Dr F Rutherfoord Harris, 26 October 1895.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 49 cm x 56 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing paper
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 434
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8972230/
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MPGG 1
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